...but it is a necessary consequence of his own arbitrary supposition. " 'Tis a miracle," says' he, " that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country." Now testimony, confirmed by every proof which can tend to establish a true matter of fact, asserts...

...kind of death, though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life...that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event...

...kind of death, though " more unusual than any other, hath yet been frequenth ob" served to happen. But it is a miracle that a dead man should " come to life." Why? Not because of any inconsistency in the thing. That a body should be this hour inanimate, and...

...of death, though more unusual than " any other, hath yet been frequently ob" served to happen. But it is a miracle " that a dead man should come to life." Why ? Not because of any inconsistency in the thing. That a body should be this hour inanimate, and...

...kind of death, though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life...that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event...

...experience can possibly be imagined." 1 n the next page he proceeds in the following words. " 'Tis a miracle, that a dead man should come " to life,...that has never been observed in " any age or country. There must therefore be lf Hume's Essays, Vol. II. ?. 180. 2d ed. London, 1753. LECTURE XXX. 83 " an...

...of saying that it never happened. ' It is a miracle,' says Mr. Hume, ' that a dead man should rise to life; — because that has never been observed in any age or country.' What is this, but simply denying the fact that a dead man ever was raised to Ufa from the grave? Tho...

...argument, the whole point to be proved is broadly assumed in the premises. " It is a miracle," he says, " that a dead man should come to life ; because that has never been observed, in any age or country. There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event ; otherwise the event...

...of death, though more unusual than any * other, hath yet been frequently observed to hap* pen. But it is a miracle that a dead man should ' come to life.' Why ? Not because of any inconsistency in the thing. That a body should be this hour inanimate, and...

...from experience can possibly be imagined." In the next page he proceeds in the following words. " 'Tis a miracle, that a dead man should come to life, because...that has never been observed in any age or country. There must therefore be an uniform experience against every miraculous event; otherwise the event would...